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Commando 43-47334

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47334

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 405

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK382

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  May 1945 to August 1945

  43-47334 - USAAF (USA)


5 May 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.

12 May 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

26 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Roger L. Dinelli (survived)

18 August 1945

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 31/10/2022